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> Depression is a first-world problem because we have the time and luxury for introspection and contemplation. That's a myth unfortunately: > Now, for the first time, researchers w…

That's very similar to Schopenhauer's view: "Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills."

The author was one of the key critics that got that paper withdrawn! From the overview: > In the fall of 2002 George Ricaurte, the Dark Prince of suspect science, published an arti…

Indeed, this is a good overview: https://thedea.org/mdma-risks-science-and-statistics-technic...

Indeed, I recommend Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies by Nick Bostrom, which explores this topic in great depth, including the control problem: https://en.wikipedia.org…

Thanks for posting, here's a post which describes the actual numbers of wild animals there are (by Brian Tomasik): http://reducing-suffering.org/how-many-wild-animals-are-ther...

Recommend this incredibly interesting article on plant communication and intelligence by Michael Pollan. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/12/23/the-intelligen...

To be honest, I'm holding out for clean meat, eating insects just seems unnecessary to me, especially because of welfare considerations—insects potentially have the capacity to fee…

Other animals kill and murder their young, we shouldn't be looking to them for moral guidance.

Agreed, also: >Fish caught on bait typically suffer a much higher mortality rate. About one third (33%) of fish caught on bait will die after being released and over 60% of deep ho…

Companion video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPql1VHbYl4

One could also argue that plants are the most successful because they have the largest biomass. Diagram here: http://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/early/2018/05/15/1711842115...

How do you take the CBD?

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I'd recommend http://dotimpact.im/ , it's part of the Effective Altruist movement—people who want to do the most good with the time/money/resources they have.

Yep, it wasn't sarcasm. http://reducing-suffering.org/do-bugs-feel-pain/

Yeah, pretty horrible.

Clover is pretty good. http://ejie.me

I use WhatsApp currently and so does everyone I know, is it worth switching and trying to convince other people to use it?

This was me, when it first came out I was walking multiple kilometers a day but since the novelty wore off I haven't touched it at all.